The operator or contact person will receive notification via email about the opening of the file. The subsequent management of the file requires registration in the database created and maintained for this purpose by EASA.

The SAFA/SACA files are communicated from the EASA database, in accordance with the requirement set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, ARO.RAMP.145.

In some cases, where the findings detected during the inspection on an aircraft prove to be major or serious breaches for operational safety, the different Participating States may decide to revoke the entry permit of that aircraft. In such a situation, the aircraft or all of the aircraft forming part of the operator, as the case may be, shall not be able to operate or fly in the airspace of Spain. If the ban is imposed only on the inspected aircraft, it may not operate in any other State, since it cannot leave Spanish airspace.

According to the regulatory point ORO.FTL.230:

Yes, it is acceptable, provided there are sufficient non-contactable periods of 8 hours to allow rest. For example, a 36-hour reservation that includes two nights would require two non-contactable periods, assuming that the crew member’s sleep pattern is the usual (night).

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According to the regulatory point ORO.FTL.110:

According to the regulatory point ORO.FTL.110:

No. The standard does not indicate the period to be reported in the programming. Provided that each programming day is known 14 days in advance, the requirement is met.

ORO.FTL.105 (10) Activity is “any task performed by a crew member for the operator, including flight duty, administrative work, giving or receiving training and verification, positioning, and some elements of imaginary.” If the operator manages the medical examinations (indicating to the crew member when and where to perform it) they cannot be considered as rest.

The inspected person is obliged to undergo the alcohol test as part of the inspection process in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 965/2012 and Article 25 of Law 21/2003, and in particular as part of ramp inspections based on the recent regulations established in Article ARO.RAMP.106 of Regulation (EU) 965/2012.

The objectives are determined using a simple algorithm that takes into account the company’s situation from different sources of information and its number of operations during the preceding period. Moreover, since it is a programme coordinated by EASA, in the case of non-Spanish operators, account is also taken of the number of operations in other territories and the possibility of being inspected by different states.

Although the targets are regularly reviewed, approximately 1200 inspections of foreign aircraft and about 450 inspections of domestic aircraft have been carried out at present and in normal situations, although the number of inspections may vary greatly and depends on the resources the authority may devote to such inspection.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Any aircraft registered in Spain may be inspected by any competent authority in the country of destination of the flight, or intermediate stops if any, in accordance with the provisions of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation of Chicago, Article 16 and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, Annex II, Subpart RAMP. Among the types of inspection they can receive are SAFA/SACA and SANA ramp inspections, which can only be carried out by those countries participating in the EU SAFA Programme.